Building-form construction



Oct. 21,1930. J. FJMAKOWSKII v 1,779,007

BUILDING FORM CONSTRUCTION Filed April 11, 1928 I 3 Sheets-Sheet 1 I INVENTOR w) 0 v I c11 Makowsk Q ATTORN EY Oct. 21, 1930. J F ws I 1,779,007

BUILDING FORM CONSTRUCTION Filed April L-l, 1928 3 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR clFMetlcolvskL BY @Qxysum' ATTOR N EY Oct. 21, 1930. J. F. MAKOWSKI 1,779,007

BUILDING FORM CONSTRUCTION Filed April 11, 1928 5 Sheets-Sheet 3 INVENTOR clFI'Makowslal Q; uses ATTORNEY Patented oeezi, i930 I l I v LWQQM tr m v a E i Pi i NTi F I J aor-nv r. MAKowsKr. or s ooK'romjcALrFoRnn-l;Assrenon TO rmiirnoor w-ALL t coMPANY, on nnno, NEVADA, A oonr'onarron- BUILDING-FORM consrnuo'non.

' Application filed April '11., 1928.- Serial Ito. 269,081.

This invention relatesto improvements in proved form structure showing wall partly 7 means and methods of'erecting wallsfrom erected. 1 a blocks or. tile. a 1 Fig. Qis'a fragmentary transverse section :The principal objects of my invention are of a form and wall. a to providea formarrangement off-perma-' Fig;- 3 is a perspective view showinga 55 nent character to be used in erecting the wall wall and. form .constriiction .'the latter, being i and especially a partition wall, and of'such of a type to leave the doorwa ope'n.;: a nature that the wall may, be quickly" and Fig; l'is an end view of a form. easily erected without the necessity of eX- Fig. 5 is a top plan'view of'a pair of forms 7 1o pert brick layers or other skilled employeesshowing" the method "employed for tempom being needed, while insuring that'the erected rarily coupling the same together.

wall. will be properly plumb; constructing Referring now more particularly to the theforms'so thatth'ey maybe easilymountcharacters of reference on the' drawings, the ed in place and truedup without having to forms of which there may be any necessary '15 nail 'or otherwise attach them to the buildnumber, each comprises'a number of uprights '05 v i ing; which are removable .from the finished 1 spaced apart horizontally and. conne'cted'by walland which may then be withdrawn vertically spaced slats ZQEac'h forinisja through an ordinary doorway without dispermanent o -rectangular j structure whose mantling; providing for thenecessarysupa height approaches'that of; the wall:to be port of a'door buck initsproper place'while erected and whose width is somewhat "less'ro the wall is being erected; providing tilef'or than the height of an ordinary doorway. the wall of such dimensions thatnthe forms Each .form is provided at one end with a do not have tobe close together or close to horizontal beam 3 extending away from the the walls between which a partitionfwall is slat covered side of the uprights. said beam to extend; and to arrange for the erection being preferably pivoted onto the end up- Z5 ofthewall itself in'such a manner that'forms right of the formnear the bottom. This beam 1 on one'side thereof are sufficient to prevent is held rigid with the form by a vertical any outward sagging of the wall relative diagonally extending beam 4 which is pivoted to the forms before such wall is thoroughly onto the form'upright "and onto said horiso set; .7 zontalb'eam.v Thepivotal bolt 5 between A further object is toprovide a form the ba'se and the bearnj3 is removable at any f construction such that a person 'may pass Y time.fso that said'beams may be folded against from. onesideof thewall being erected to thegform when it is desired to removefor n the other through a door opening, while transport the same. Various means maybe v the wall is beingerectedand the form is used to plumb the form. In'the' present in- 85 stillin place, without having to go around stance I have shown such meansto-comprise the forinor climb over'the same. a vertical screw 6 threaded through plates A further object of the invention is to 7 mounted on'theouter'end of the beam 3, produce a simple and inexpensive device and saidscrew being adapted to engage the'floor. 40 method and yet one which will be exceed It will therefore-be seen'that by adjusting 9o ingly effective for the purpose for which it thescrew up or down the formmay be easily x i d i d p t V and accurately adjusted so as to be set in a These objects I accomplish by means of properly plumb position. I V I such structure and relative arrangement of The brace and supporting means may be parts as will fully appear by a perusal of the mounted at both ends of the form, but it is 1 following specification and claims. a only necessary to place the 'same at opposite In the drawings similar characters of refendsof a pair of'forms, if horizontal beams 1 erence indicate corresponding, parts in the 8 are used to extend between and bear'against I several views; the beamsl of the separatedformsJ Tolo- 50 Fig. 1 is a perspective view of my imcate these beams removably in place the "upv rights of the forms are provided with vertically spaced cradles 9 to support the, beams 8 so that one edge bears against the uprights,

as shown in Fig. 4.

These beams and their locating means also serve to properly line up the two forms relative to each other, as will be evident'; To

possibly prevent the form from tipping for- 1 Ward or away from the supporting structure,

sand bags ll or the like may be laid across the'beams 3 toward their outer ends-an an:

rangement which I have found ample to counterbalance and offset the weight of the possibly inherently possess.

form and any topheaviness which it might f: In erecting: the wall I preferably use tile .or block 12 which are of considerable length relative to their height and thickness, since this enables the'forms to be'spaced some distance apart from each other as shown in Fig. 1, withoutthe'danger of the wall as erected becoming misalined. 7 Before starting toer'ect the wall the door buck 13 if used is placed against theform and temporarily fastened thereto in any suitable manner as by the use of C-clamps 14:. The tile are'laid closely against the form. inhorizontal coursesfand 'inistaggeredrelation as'usual, and the slats 20f the form are vso spaced that the horizontal lines ofseparation between the different courses of the tile will always be horizontally alined with said slats as shown in Fig. 2. This; feature is" advantageous in holdingfthe-wall steady while it is being erectedand while it issetting, especially if somewhat green tile isused. This is because in erecting the wall, the bottom of each tile isdipped in a thin grout or other cementitious material and then pressed'into place'with a longitudinal movement against the tile of the course below. {Thispressure causessome of the grout to be squeezedfrom between the tile on the side thereof facing the form, and suchgrout willadhere "to the slatsof the form. This forms a temporarybond between the wall and formpreventing the latter. from any tendency to sag outwardly. V

'. The form thereforeprovides a guide and backstop for the wall so that the latter may be erected as quickly a'sitis possible to handle the tile Without having to'stop and "line up each course to'maintain the wall plumb, and

without danger of theerectedwall sagging are folded thereagainst; the forms then tilted sideways and passed through-the doorway without any dismantling of the forms being necessary. 7 f

In the form arrangement shown Fig. 1 the form extends across the doorway so that it would be impossible for a workman to pass through the door until a form is taken down.

in the arrangement in Fig. 3 I, avoid this by separating the main forms at the door buck V suiiiciently to enable a person to pass through the space betwee'nsaid forms above the buck being filled in by; an auxiliary-small form 1d .Qfthe samegeneral nature as the main forms.

f From the foregoingidescription it will be readily seen that I have produced such a defVice as substantially fulfills the objects of the invention as set forthherein 1 While this specification sets forth in detail the present and preferred construction of the device, still in practicesuch, deviations from SLlClldtRll may be resorted to as do not form a departure from the spirit ofthe invention, as definediby the appended claims.

Having'thus described my invention what I claimas new and useful and desire to secure bylLettersPatent-is: y p LA method of erecting a wall with .tile consisting inherecting a" vertical form, and building up the tile in rows abutted against the form, the lower faces of thejtile being dipped in a plastic cementitious material, and r causing some ofthematerial, whenithe' tile' are placed, togexude from between the tile ontheface thereof nearest the form so as to. temporarily adhere to the form;

e an method of 'erectinga wall with are consisting in placing a yert'ieal; form behind the wall to -be erected, building up the tile with a plastic ceinentitious material there between in th'e form of v superimposed rows abutted against ta e form,"and causing some of thematerial'to temporarilyadhere to the form. V :5 a j 3; In combination, aipairfof separate vertical wall formsto rest on a floor, horizontal members projecting from" one side of the forms at their opposite ends, and rigid therewith, a horizontal beam extending between the forms at the back thereof and resting on said members, and means fiXed'onIthe memhere for removably-locatingsaid' beam in place. .7 Y

r Atom for erecting atile wall comprising supports, horizontalvertically spaced slats onthe supports,jthe spacing of theslats 7 being such tha't'as the tile are'laid-in courses against the form'all the slats willgextend across the horizontal meeting edges of the tile whereby cementitious material exuding from between the tile may adhere' to the faces of the slats. V

In testimony whereof Iaflix my. signature. JOHN F. MAKOWSKI. 

